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Looking Back on Jesse Helms' Life
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:14:00 -0400
Sen. No, as he was often called, "was a real throwback," says Merle Black, a professor of southern politics at Emory University. One of a select group of politicians who helped solidify Republican control in the South, he had a loyal constituency of working-class whites in North Carolina.
Financial Aid Woes Make Community College More Appealing
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:05:00 -0400
Despite efforts by the Bush Administration and Congress to quell turmoil in the student loan market, some students are still struggling to find money for college. We examine the case of two recent high school graduates who have been promised financial aid, but don't know how much they can count on.
When Did Flag Pins Become So Important?
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0400
Sen. Barack Obama Obama was questioned about why he doesn't always wear a flag pin during a Democratic debate in April. His critics say his lack of pin casts doubt on Obama's patriotism, and recently the Democratic candidate has been wearing one.

The Talk of the Town

The Chill
Nick Paumgarten Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
If you had stumbled into Banjo Jim’s, in the East Village, on a recent Wednesday night and encountered a sixty-something guy leading a band through a fervent rendition of “Wild Thing,” for an audience of two dozen or so, you might have concluded, “This is lame,” and slipped back . . .
Oily Speculations
James Surowiecki Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
When bad things happen, it’s always nice to have a scapegoat. So, with Americans furious about soaring oil prices, Congress has gone in search of someone to blame. There are a number of usual suspects to choose from, depending on your politics--OPEC, greedy oil companies, lily-livered environmentalists opposed . . .
Obama’s Iraq Problem
George Packer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
In February, 2007, when Barack Obama declared that he was running for President, violence in Iraq had reached apocalyptic levels, and he based his candidacy, in part, on a bold promise to begin a rapid withdrawal of American forces upon taking office. At the time, this pledge represented conventional thinking . . .

 

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Research: President of the United States - Encarta Encyclopedia article gives overview of highest government position.
Meta Description: [ President of the United States, chief executive officer of the federal government, leader of the executive branch, and the commander in chief of the ... ]

A Presidential Exploration - The Oval Office - ThinkQuest site provides fast facts about the men who have occupied the Oval Office, as well as in-depth looks at their administrations.

American Presidents Blog - Blog featuring sites that relate to the American Presidency or specific American Presidents. Created by Michael Lorenzen who is a librarian at Central Michigan University.

American Presidents: Life Portraits - Site complements CSPAN television series of the same name. Includes brief facts about each president, plus video clips from the series.

AmericanPresident.org - Contains detailed biographies, staff listings, position descriptions, organizational charts, and key events for all 43 past and current presidents of the United States, as well as primary source materials and current information about the Presidency. Explores both the historical and political science aspects for the Presidency.
Meta Description: [ A comprehensive collection of authoritative essays on the Presidents of the United States. ]

Character in Time: The U.S. Presidents - Project seeks to produce quality one-act plays that capture the character of each President. Site includes synopsis of each play, along with profiles of the playwrights involved in the project
Meta Description: [ The American Presidents are the focus of a unique publishing event undertaken by The History Project, Inc. ]

Dead Presidents - Visits to the gravesites of the U.S. Presidents, with links for more information on their lives.
Meta Description: [ Visits to the Gravesites of the U.S. Presidents, with copious links for more information on each President, and on U.S. history and government in general. ]

First Families - This site focus on Jenna and Barbara Bush, but covers other First Families as well.
Meta Description: [ Jenna Bush and Barbara Bush are The First Twins! ]

Getting the Message Out - An exhibition examining the national popular political culture in the antebellum United States through campaign materials from presidential campaigns from 1840-1860. Site includes histories, biographies, and primary source material such as campaign biographies and campaign songbooks, as well as song recordings, images, and teachers' guide.
Meta Description: [ Getting the Message Out presents primary source material and historical analyses of presidential campaigns and popular political culture during the mid-nineteenth century. Offers campaign biographies, songbooks, song recordings, histories, images, and maps. ]

Grolier Online: The American Presidency - A history of presidents, the presidency, politics and related subjects. Includes biographies for every president.

Hall of Presidents - Portraits and brief descriptions of presidents. Quicktime VR virtual tour available. Part of the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery.

History Buff: The Presidents of the United States of America - Features portraits, biographical sketches, trivia, inaugural addresses, and links to related articles.
Meta Description: [ Extensive Web site focusing primarily on how newspapers and the press covered major, and not so major, events in American history. Also information for newspaper collectors. ]

500 HistoryChannel.com: Impeachment - Explains how crimes and misdemeanors in the White House are dealt with. Includes detailed information on Watergate and the Starr report.

Masonic Presidents Tour - Identifies U.S. Presidents who were Masons. Includes a portrait of each, along with his signature and a record of his Masonic career.

Medical History of American Presidents - Tabulates the little-known illnesses of America's chief executives. Copiously referenced.

Our Political Drama: Conventions, Campaigns, Candidates - Anecdotal history of American presidential campaigns, conventions and inaugurations, with six chapters about the development and use of political cartoons in presidential politics.
Meta Description: [ Jim Zwick's books on Mark Twain and anti-imperialism, web sites, biography, and how to contact him. ]

Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies - Find pictorial records of the first families from the Library of Congress Prints and Photograph Division.
Meta Description: [ The By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789 - Present, collection contains an Illustrated reference aid with 156 portraits depicting every American president and most first ladies. ]

Presidential Avenue - Photos, stories, information and publications about historical Presidential sites such as birthplaces, homes, libraries, museums, memorials and gravesites.
Meta Description: [ Presidential Avenue is the one resource for everything related to the United States Presidents. View beautiful photos, factual information and stories about the Presidential birth homes, boyhood homes, adult homes, retirement homes as well as presidential libraries, museum, memorials and gravesit... ]

Presidential Factfile - A comprehensive collection of photographs, biographies, quizzes, and trivia from Infoplease.com.

Presidents - Index contains biographies, sketches, writings, and speeches.
Meta Description: [ USA-project, an index on the presidents-area ]

Presidents and First Ladies - Original articles, discussions, answer to questions, and links to other sites on the subject of presidents, vice-presidents, and first ladies.
Meta Description: [ Presidents and First Ladies ]

Presidents of the United States - Includes information about U.S. Presidents, including biographies, campaign histories, trivia, genealogy, and museums.

Presidents of the United States - Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site.
Meta Description: [ The Internet Public Library (IPL) features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask A Question online reference service. ]

Presidents of the United States - Archontology - A directory of American Presidents from 1774 to 2005 with dates of rule or office and selected biographies.

Public Papers of the Presidents - Material compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.

Russell D. Renka - U.S. Presidency Links - Comprehensive guide to web resources from the professor's syllabus at Southeast Missouri State University.

Teaching about the U.S. Presidency - Provides full-text access to the ERIC Digest of this name which gives advice to teachers about instructing students on the American Presidency.
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The American Experience: The Presidents - A collection of research developed for the PBS television series. Includes a review of all 20th century chief executives, a collection of Presidential quotes, links to related sites, a comprehensive collection of primary source materials, and a teachers' guide.

The American Presidency - Grolier Encyclopedia - Several biographies of each president are presented from four Grolier Encyclopedias for readers at different educational levels.

The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden - Official exhibit site of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Traces the history and culture of the presidency from 1789 through 2000.

404 The Hall of Forgotten Presidents - Arthur, Tyler, and Polk are identified and chronicled as forgotten, yet important, Presidents.

The Presidents of the United States - Short history of the U.S. Presidency, along with biographical sketches and portraits of all the presidents to date. From the official White House site.
Meta Description: [ An index to the biographies of all presidents of the United States of America, from 1789 to present. ]

The Tennessee President's Trust - Contains historical information on all U.S. Presidents with a focus on those from Tennessee as well as a directory of presidential resources on the web.

U.S. Presidents and the Bible - Quotes from past U.S. Presidents on what they thought about the bible.
Meta Description: [ Some quotes from past U.S. Presidents regarding what they thought about the bible. ]

500 U.S. Presidents and the Presidency - Tells about the office of president, the history of the presidency, and the office of vice president. Includes portraits of first ladies and interactive quizzes. From the publishers of World Book Encyclopedia.

U.S. Presidents: Lists and Records - Collection of presidential facts and trivia in list form.
Meta Description: [ Here are lists of presidential facts and trivia. ]

USA Presidents - Provides biographies and information on each American president. Also includes the text of Inaugural and State of the Union speeches, details on the presidency, and links to related resources.
Meta Description: [ Site provides biographies and information on American presidents. Also includes the text of Inaugural and State of the Union Addresses. ]

404 Virtual Election Voting Booth - Choose from 53 people in Pick A President.

Voices of The Presidents - Sound files of the last 20 Presidents.
Meta Description: [ Voice samples from the last twenty American Presidents ]

Wikinfo - President of the United States of America - Encyclopedia article which examines the roles and powers of the American Presidency.